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Year: 2013

The Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency board tonight will vote on whether to put an end to the Kanner & Pintaluga/One Boynton LLC project, after the CRA, the land owner and the law firm failed to agree on the price of the land and the number of parking spaces for the project.

Last month, CRA staff recommended board members ax the project, but the board voted to give parties an additional …

The city is accepting nominations for the Annual Holiday Parade grand marshal until Oct. 22.

Each year, one person flagged as the grand marshal rides in the first unit of the parade and then watches the remainder of the parade with city officials. Anyone can be nominated, but the person should have made a “lasting impact or significant contribution to the community of Boynton Beach through leadership, mentoring or volunteerism.”

Two members of separate city boards resigned from their posts earlier this month, according to city records.

Vince Piraino, member of the community relations board, sent a resignation letter via email to city staff Sept. 4, saying a conflict with school prevented him from serving through the end of the year. Piraino said he would be able to rejoin the board in January.

Meanwhile, planning and development board member Shirley Cassa resigned from …

Be the Peace Delray will be part of a synchronized global meditation and prayer event on Sept. 21, International Peace Day. The event will take place from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Beat Cup Café, 660 Linton Blvd., Delray Beach, sponsored by Auroras Voice, a nonprofit group devoted to continuing the work of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King. For information, call 561-901-3467 or visit www.aurorasvoice.org

Boynton Beach commissioners will meet Tuesday night and are expected to approve the final budget and tax rate for Fiscal Year 2013-14.

If approved, the city’s property tax rate would increase by 3 percent, and the overall budget would increase by 7.6 percent. The proposed rate would be $7.90 per $1,000 of taxable property value, and the proposed budget would be $184 million.

City officials will discuss the city’s future at the State of the City Address this morning at Benvenuto Cateresaurant, 1730 N. Federal Highway, Boynton Beach.

The theme is “The future’s so bright, we gotta wear shades,” and city officials and members of the Community Redevelopment Agency are expected to discuss future development plans throughout the city and ways to bring more businesses and visitors to the area. The event is hosted by …

The Lantana bridge project is proceeding as scheduled, and should be ready by the end of November, or the first few days of December, county officials said this morning.

The original, 62-year-old bridge was closed for demolition in March 2012. While the initial completion date was March 2014, county engineers later estimated the bridge would be complete around Thanksgiving, give or take a few days.